Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, 1932-1937 (excerpts)
Gerogia--Fulton County
New Deal
National Industrial Recovery Act
Public Works Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
School
School lunch
Jere A. Wells
Excerpts from the minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, 1932-1937, related to federally-funded relief projects and administrative programs/policies created during the Great Depression.
Fulton County Board of Education
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1932-1937
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Bound volume, paper, 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board records, Volume January 1930-December 8, 1937, Shelf A-1-1
1932-1937.brec
Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, 1932-1938
Georgia--Fulton County
New Deal
National Industrial Recovery Act
Public Works Administration
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Jere A. Wells
Schools
School lunch
Textbooks
West Fulton High School
Russell High School
Excerpts from the Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, 1932-1938, related to federally-funded relief projects and administrative programs/policies created during the Great Depression.
Fulton County Board of Education
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1932-1938
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Bound volume, paper (excerpts), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board records, Volume January 1930-December 8, 1937, Volume January 1938-December 5, 1947, Shelf A-1-1
1930-1937.brec
1938-1947.brec
Federal Emergency Relief Administration records of Fulton County Schools, 1935
Georgia--Fulton County
New Deal, 1933-1939
Federal Emergency Relief Administration of Georgia
Works Progress Administration
Public Works Administration
Construction contracts
Ada M. Barker
Jere A. Wells
Beehive School
Pearson School
Benjamin H Neely School
Center Hill Colored School
Fulton High School
North Fulton High School
SR Young School
Simpson Road Colored School
Willingham-Taft Lumber Company
Records, receipts and correspondence related to federally funded construction projects of facilities for the Fulton County Board of Education during the Great Depression.
Fulton County Board of Education
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1935
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Paper documents, 8.5"x11" (7.75"x8.5", 4)
FCS Archives, Board records, Shelf B-1-5, box 28
1935.brec.28
Lt. Robert Ellis to Superintendent Jere A. Wells, 1943
Georgia--Fulton County
Oklahoma--Norman
Correspondence
World War II
US Navy
Teacher
Superintendent
Robert R. Ellis
Jere A. Wells
Superintendent of Fulton County Schools, Jere A. Wells, requested that personnel granted military leave during World War II correspond with his office while in service.
Lt. Robert Ellis was on faculty at Fulton High School when his service with the US Navy began in 1942. From the Naval Training School in Norman, Oklahoma, Ellis writes to Wells about his training.
Jere A Wells
Robert R. Ellis
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1943
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Paper document, 10.5"x7"
FCS Archives, Superintendents collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 4, Folder 2
1943.supt.4.2.10
Edith Harber to Superintendent Jere A. Wells, 1943
Georgia--Fulton County
Missouri--Camp Crowder
Correspondence
World War II
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
Teacher
Superintendent
Edith Harber
Jere A. Wells
Superintendent of Fulton County Schools, Jere A. Wells, requested that all personnel granted military leave during World War II correspond with his office throughout the duration of their service.
Edith Harber, a teacher at Evan P. Howell Elementary School, served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps at Camp Crowder, Missouri.
Jere A. Wells
Edith Harber
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1943
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Paper document, 10.5"x7"
FCS Archives, Superintendents collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 4, Folder 2
1943.supt.4.2.5
Mildred McFall to Superintendent Jere A. Wells
Georgia--Fulton County
New York
Correspondence
World War II
US Navy WAVES
North Fulton High School
Teacher
Superintendent
Mildred McFall
Jere A. Wells
Superintendent of Fulton County Schools, Jere A. Wells, requested that all school personnel granted military leave during World War II correspond with his office during their service.
Mildred McFall, a French and Spanish teacher at North Fulton High School, served with the US Navy's Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES). By the end of the war, she would be a recruiter for the outfit in the Southeast.
Jere A. Wells
Mildred McFall
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1943
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Paper document, 8.5"x5.5"
FCS Archives, Superintendents collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 4, Folder 2
1943.supt.4.2.7
Claudia Twiggs to Superintendent Jere A. Wells, 1943
Georgia--Fulton County
California--San Francisco
Australia
Correspondence
World War II
American Red Cross
Teacher
Superintendent
Claudia Twiggs
Jere A. Wells
Superintendent of Fulton County Schools, Jere A. Wells, requested that school personnel who went into service during World War II correspond with his office throughout the duration of their service.
At the time her letter was written, Claudia Twiggs, an elementary school teacher at North Avenue School in Hapeville, was serving in the American Red Cross. Although her letter is postmarked in San Francisco, Twiggs was stationed in Australia at the time.
Supt. Jere A Wells
Claudia Twiggs
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1943
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Paper document, 5.5"x4"
FCS Archives, Superintendents collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 4, Folder 2
1943.supt.4.2.3
Scrapbook, Kathleen Mitchell, 1939
Part 6
Georgia--Fulton County
Scrapbooks
Teachers educators
Kathleen Mitchell
This scrapbook was presented to Kathleen Mitchell from the various employees of the district at the time of her retirement.
Mitchell (1870-1940) served in the Fulton County School System for forty-two years . Born in Athens, she attended the State Normal School and began her career with Fulton County in 1897. Mitchell was influential in bringing Progressive Era curriculum to Fulton County, having studied Education at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. In her role as Primary Supervisor, she promoted manual training and beautification of school grounds as part of learning, as well as emphasized the role of education in communities. She was also instrumental in promoting the Georgia Teachers’ Association, the Fulton County P.T.A. and the Atlanta Chapter of the Association for Childhood Education – an organization that would later bear her name.
Kathleen Mitchell
<a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/141">Part 1</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/380">Part 2</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/381">Part 3</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/382">Part 4</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/383">Part 5</a>
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1939
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Scrapbook, 11"x14"
FCS Archives, Personnel Collection, Shelf B-3-4, Box 7
1939.pers.7
Scrapbook, Kathleen Mitchell, 1939
Part 5
Georgia--Fulton County
Scrapbooks
Teacher educators
Kathleen Mitchell
This scrapbook was presented to Kathleen Mitchell from the various employees of the district at the time of her retirement.
Mitchell (1870-1940) served in the Fulton County School System for forty-two years . Born in Athens, she attended the State Normal School and began her career with Fulton County in 1897. Mitchell was influential in bringing Progressive Era curriculum to Fulton County, having studied Education at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. In her role as Primary Supervisor, she promoted manual training and beautification of school grounds as part of learning, as well as emphasized the role of education in communities. She was also instrumental in promoting the Georgia Teachers’ Association, the Fulton County P.T.A. and the Atlanta Chapter of the Association for Childhood Education – an organization that would later bear her name.
Kathleen Mitchell
<a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/141">Part 1</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/380">Part 2</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/381">Part 3</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/382">Part 4</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/384">Part 6</a>
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1939
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Scrapbook, 11"x14"
FCS Archives, Personnel Collection, Shelf B-3-4, Box 7
1939.pers.7
Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, January 3, 1939, 39-1148
Georgia--Fulton County
School administrators
Fulton County Board of Education
Teacher educators
Women's rights
Married teacher rule
Elbert Tuttle
Helen Mankin
Mary Hughie
Attorney for the board, Elbert Tuttle and attorney for plaintiff Mary Hughie, Helen Makin, appear before the board to discuss reinstatement of Hughie based on a court decision. Hughie took the board to court to fight the policy of the board that barred female teachers from marrying.
Fulton County Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1939
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Bound volume (excerpt), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board Records Collection, Shelf A-1-1, Volume: January 1930-December 1937
1939.brec.39-1148
Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, October 24, 1938, 38-1135
Georgia--Fulton County
School superintendents
School administrators
Fulton County Board of Education
Civil Service Act of 1937 (Georgia)
Teacher educators
Women's rights
Married teacher rule
Jeremiah A. Wells
Marie Long
Center Hill School
In 1937, Marie Long, a teacher at Center Hill School, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education and its superintendent, Jere Wells, after she was released from employment for not signing her contract that included a clause barring the marriage of female teachers. A year later, the Fulton County Teachers Association approached the board about a "friendly" suit that would determine the policy for the future under the Civil Service Act of 1937.
Fulton County Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1938
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Bound volume (excerpt), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board Records Collection, Shelf A-1-1, Volume: January 1930-December 1937
1938.brec.38-1135
Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, July 1, 1937, 37-1063
Georgia--Fulton County
Georgia Legislature
Civil Service Act of 1937
Fulton County Board of Education
Teacher educators
Married teacher rule
This sample contract was included as part of the board meeting records for July of 1937, when a new Civil Service Act, passed in the Georgia Legislature, required the board to renew its terms for employment. The policy dictating terms for female teachers who married was retained.
Fulton County Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
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Bound volume (excerpt), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board Records Collection, Shelf A-1-1, Volume: January 1930-December 1937
1937.brec.37-1063
Scrapbook, Kathleen Mitchell, 1939
Part 1
Georgia--Fulton County
Scrapbooks
Teacher educator
Kathleen Mitchell
This scrapbook was presented to Kathleen Mitchell from the various employees of the district at the time of her retirement.
Mitchell (1870-1940) served in the Fulton County School System for forty-two years . Born in Athens, she attended the State Normal School and began her career with Fulton County in 1897. Mitchell was influential in bringing Progressive Era curriculum to Fulton County, having studied Education at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. In her role as Primary Supervisor, she promoted manual training and beautification of school grounds as part of learning, as well as emphasized the role of education in communities. She was also instrumental in promoting the Georgia Teachers’ Association, the Fulton County P.T.A. and the Atlanta
Chapter of the Association for Childhood Education – an organization that would later bear her name.
Kathleen Mitchell
<a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/380">Part 2</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/381">Part 3</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/382">Part 4</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/383">Part 5</a><br /><a href="https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/384">Part 6</a>
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1939
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Scrapbook, 11"x14"
FCS Archives, Personnel Collection, Shelf B-3-4, Box 7
1939.pers.7
Editorial by Tarleton Collier, Atlanta Georgian newspaper, 1937
Georgia--Fulton County
Article
Editorials
Atlanta Georgian
Women's rights
Teacher educator
Married teacher rule
Tarleton Collier
Marie Long
Newspaper article (copy) - In 1937, Fulton County teacher, Marie Long, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education, which released her after she refused to sign a contract that included a rule barring female teachers from marrying.
Tarleton Collier, Atlanta Georgian newspaper
(original) Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Georgia
(copy) Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
<a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-RUU/1.0/?language=en">Unknown Rightsholder</a><br /><br />FCS Archives does not hold the copyright to material published by the Atlanta Georgian newspaper. Rights for use and reproduction are the responsibility of the researcher.
Newspaper clipping, 7"x20"
FCS Archives, Superintendent's Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 5 Folder 22
1937.supt.5.22
"Married Teacher Opinion Divided," The Sunday American newspaper (copy), October 3, 1937
Georgia--Fulton County
Article
Fulton County Board of Education
Teacher educators
Women's rights
Married teacher rule
Marie Long
Newspaper article (copy) - In 1937, Fulton County teacher, Marie Long, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education, which released her after she refused to sign a contract that included a rule barring female teachers from marrying.
The Sunday American, Atlanta, Georgia
(original) The Sunday American, Atlanta, Ga
(copy) Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
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Newspaper clipping (copy), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Superintendent's Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 5 Folder 23
1937.supt.5.23.4
"County Teacher Marriage Rule Attacked Here in Injunction Suit," The Sunday American newspaper (copy), 1937
Georgia--Fulton County
Article
The Sunday American
Fulton County Board of Education
Women's rights
Teacher educators
Married teacher rule
Marie Long
Newspaper article (copy) - In 1937, Fulton County teacher, Marie Long, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education, which released her after she refused to sign a contract that included a rule barring female teachers from marrying.
The Sunday American, Atlanta, Georgia
(original) The Sunday American, Atlanta, Ga
(copy) Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
<a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-RUU/1.0/?language=en">Unknown Rightsholder</a><br />FCS Archives does not hold the copyright to material published by the Sunday American. Rights for use and reproduction are the responsibility of the researcher.
Newspaper clipping (copy), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Superintendent's Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 5 Folder 23
1937.supt.5.23.2
"Fulton County Civil Service Bill in Court," The Sunday American newspaper (copy), 1937
Georgia--Fulton County
Article
The Sunday American
Civil Service Act of 1937 (Georgia)
Fulton County Board of Education
Women's rights
Teacher educators
Marie Long
Newspaper article (copy) - In 1937, Fulton County teacher, Marie Long, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education, which released her after she refused to sign a contract that included a rule barring female teachers from marrying.
The Sunday American newspaper
(original) Sunday American, Atlanta, Ga
(copy) Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
<a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-RUU/1.0/?language=en">Unknown Rightsholder</a><br />FCS Archives does not hold the copyright to material published by the Sunday American. Rights for use and reproduction are the responsibility of the researcher.
Newspaper clipping (copy), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Superintendent's Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 5 Folder 23
1937.supt.5.23.3
Superintendent's Annual Report, Fulton County, 1946-1947
Georgia--Fulton County
Reports
State departments of education
School superintendents
School buildings
This report was filed annually with the Georgia State Department of Education in Atlanta. It contained statistics that were used to allocate funds and demonstrate the need for improvements for the county schools. Statistics include those associated with personnel, students and facilities.
Superintendent's Office, Fulton County Board of Education and the Georgia State Department of Education
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1946-1947
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Bound paper document, 14"x14"
FCS Archives, Superintendents Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 1
1947.supt.1.21
July 1, 1946-June 30, 1947
Superintendent's Annual Report, Fulton County, 1945-1946
Georgia--Fulton County
Reports
State departments of education
School superintendents
School buildings
This report was filed annually with the Georgia State Department of Education in Atlanta. It contained statistics that were used to allocate funds and demonstrate the need for improvements for the county schools. Statistics include those associated with personnel, students and facilities.
Superintendent's Office, Fulton County Board of Education and the Georgia State Department of Education
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1945-1946
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Bound paper document, 14"x14"
FCS Archives, Superintendents Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 1
1946.supt.1.20
July 1, 1945-June 30, 1946
Superintendent's Annual Report, Fulton County, 1944-1945
Georgia--Fulton County
Reports
State departments of education
School superintendents
School buildings
This report was filed annually with the Georgia State Department of Education in Atlanta. It contained statistics that were used to allocate funds and demonstrate the need for improvements for the county schools. Statistics include those associated with personnel, students and facilities.
Superintendent's Office, Fulton County Board of Education and the Georgia State Department of Education
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1944-1945
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Bound paper document, 14"x14"
FCS Archives, Superintendents Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 1
1945.supt.1.19
July 1, 1944-June 30, 1945